He still played 35 minutes and vowed to be ready for Game 2 on Tuesday night in Chesapeake Arena.

"I'm all right," Prince said. "If I wasn't all right, I wouldn't have come back out there and played."

Prince was hurt after a hard foul by Thunder forward Nick Collison. Prince was hit and fell awkwardly to the court while attempting a layup with 7:01 left in the second period.

The officials deemed the play a Flagrant 1 foul on Collison.

Prince appeared hobbled after the sequence. He went into the locker room to get stretched. At halftime, the Grizzlies' athletic trainers treated Prince's lower back and hip area.

Swingman Austin Daye, who had logged just six minutes in the playoffs, was inserted for five minutes in the second period while Prince recovered.

Dejected Pondexter

Sitting in his locker, Quincy Pondexter took several minutes to lift his head and speak to the media.

He was clearly dejected after missing the first of three free throws that could have forced overtime with 1.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Pondexter made the second free throw and intentionally missed the third. But the Griz couldn't come up with the rebound and tying basket.

Pondexter was fouled by Thunder guard Reggie Jackson as he attempted a tying 3-pointer.

"Obviously, we're going to have to make free throws, especially myself," Pondexter said about adjustments for Game 2.

Pondexter later reposted derogatory comments sent to him on Twitter as perhaps an attempt to find motivation for the next game.

Missing the point

It was a tale of two halves for Griz starting point guard Mike Conley. He had just four points on 1-of-6 shooting with one assist in the first half.

Conley played more aggressively in the second half but finished with just 13 points on 5-of-15 shooting for the game. Conley essentially lost a matchup onlookers expected him to control against Jackson, the Thunder's second-year guard who is starting in place of injured Russell Westbrook.

Jackson had 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting. He also made all four of his free throws, including a pair that put the Thunder ahead by three points with 2.9 ticks left.

Conley wasn't knocked around like he was by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs. But Conley credited the Thunder defense for affecting his play.

"They are long. (Serge) Ibaka and Kendrick (Perkins) did a good job of contesting at the rim," Conley said. "All the guards did a good job of helping in the paint and then collapsing, just making it tough."

Schedule updates

The NBA announced the schedule for the remaining games in the Grizzlies-Thunder series.

Game 2 will be Tuesday in Oklahoma City at 8:30 p.m. on TNT. Game 3 will be at FedExforum on Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN, followed by Game 4 on May 13 at 8:30 p.m. on TNT. If a Game 5 is necessary, it will be in Oklahoma City on May 15, with Game 6 in Memphis on May 17 and Game 7 in Oklahoma City on May 19. Game times for Games 5, 6 and 7 will be announced.

Tip-ins

Oklahoma City had two more rebounds (43-41), four more points in the paint (36-32) and two fewer turnovers (12-10). Each team scored only four second-chance points. Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant finished second in the MVP voting behind LeBron James. He got 93 of the 121 second-place votes in the balloting announced Sunday. Griz reserve Jerryd Bayless had 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting but the Griz bench was outscored, 35-28. Thunder big men Ibaka and Kendrick Perkins combined to shoot 2 of 16.